Script: Qabe

Family: East Asian

Type: syllabary

Whitespace: unspecified

Open Type Tag: none

Complex Positioning: unknown

Unicode: true

Status: Unclear

Baseline: centered

Ligatures: unspecified

Direction: ltr

Direction Notes: vertical (RTL) and horizontal (LTR)

The Lao Baiwen script was used for writing the Bai languages spoken in China. There are three varieties of Bai, Jianchuan (Central), Dali (Southern), and Bijiang (Northern). It is not agreed upon whether these should be classified as dialects or as distinct languages. The ethnologue separates them into three distinct languages. A Bai script has been in use since around the 8th century, but this was never standardized. A Latin-based orthography has now largely replaced the traditional Lao Baiwen script. This is based on the Central Jianchuan Bai language, but also accommodates features of the other two Bai languages.

This script is not currently recognized by ISO 15924.